in Zaire with Veronica Porche, 136–39, 391
Ali, Muhammad, Jr., 3, 44, 139, 163–65, 176–77, 179, 181, 182, 255
Ali, Rahman (Rudolph A. Clay), 157, 321–22, 326, 332
Ali, Rasheda, 3, 134, 139, 163–65, 166, 176–78, 179, 182, 218, 255, 420
Ali, Veronica Porche, 3, 5, 12, 14, 29–32, 45, 47, 49–54, 99, 100, 108, 120–25, 136–39, 180–81, 223, 265, 278–95, 297–310, 313–14, 332, 386–87, 391–96, 397, 418
Ali, Yolanda “Lonnie” Williams, 38, 39, 147, 175, 218, 219, 305, 373, 381, 386, 389, 401–2, 404, 406, 418, 420
Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Championship, 40
American Gigolo (movie), 117
Anderson, Carl, 386, 397
Anderson, Jabriel, 220
Anderson, Jaleel, 220
Anderson, Jamal, 220
Anderson, James, 93, 100, 217–18
Anderson, Jazen, 220
Anderson, J. J., 218, 200
Anderson, Keisha, 221
Anderson, Kenia, 221
Anderson, Little Zenobia, 221
Anderson, Zenobia, 218
Annie (movie), 203
Arafat, Yasser, 272
“Are You Anybody?” (Marilyn Funt–Veronica Porche Ali interview), 278–95, 297
Art of Friendship, The (speech), 83
Art of Personality, The (speech), 83
A-Team, The (television show), 213
autograph signing, 403
bangs, 208–10
Beatty, Warren, 69, 157
Bell, Edith (cook), 29, 214, 302
Benitez, Wilfred, 354
Berbick, Trevor, 44, 362, 364
Berbick–Ali fight (1981), 362–63
Berrien Springs, Michigan, 143, 401–2, 409
Berry, Chuck, 409
Bertha (bully), 386, 395
Bible, 111, 241, 243
Biggie Smalls, 220
“Billie Jean” (Jackson), 134, 211, 214
Bingham, Damon, 220
Bingham, Dustin, 220
Bingham, Howard L., 29, 100, 144, 156, 220, 228, 265, 272, 357
bird story, 74
Black, Hugo, 410
Blackmun, Harry, 410
Blacula (movie), 401
Blue Hawaii (movie), 403
Bob’s Big Boy restaurant, 176, 182–83, 389
Bonanza (television show), 322
Boston (Yorkshire terrier), 39
Bradley, Tom, 32, 36–38, 40, 72, 133, 157
Braun, Zev, 64–65, 72
Brennan, William J., Jr., 410
Brezhnev, Leonid I., 77, 79
Brown, Drew “Bundini,” 100, 229, 351–52, 357
Brown, James, 162
Brown, John Young, 118
Burger, Warren E., 410
Burke, Bill, 373
Burns, George, 251
Bush, George H. W., 65
Candid Camera (television show), 279
Carnation’s restaurant, 130, 151, 176, 182, 389
car rides, 173, 176, 182–84, 211–12, 377–78, 403
Carson, Johnny, 32, 89, 106–7
Carter, Jimmy, 33, 65, 90, 189, 192–93, 261
Carter, Lynda, 128
Carter, Rosalynn, 16
Casey, Kevin, 55, 277, 390–91, 418
Celebrity Family Feud (television show), 65
Chamberlain, Wilt, 87
China, 33–34, 36, 189–92, 256
Christmas tree, 200–202
Clay, Cassius Marcellus, Jr. See Ali, Muhammad
Clay, Cassius Marcellus (slave owner), 320
Clay, Cassius Marcellus, Sr. (Papa Cash), 17, 59, 86, 100, 121, 158, 175, 202, 313, 315, 322, 325–32, 335–43, 352, 397
Clay, Coretta, 321
Clay, Henry, 320
Clay, Herman Heaton, 320
Clay, John Herman, 320
Clay, Odessa Lee Grady (Mama Bird), 17, 59, 103, 104, 158, 315, 317, 322, 327–32, 335–36, 340–43, 397
Clay, Sonji Roi, 5
Clay, William, 335, 338, 340–42
Clinton, William J., 65
Cole, Nat King, 326, 335
Concorde (airplane), 367
Conrad, Harold, 359
Cooney, Gerry, 354
Cosell, Howard, 106, 361
Cruella De Vil, 25–26, 48, 119–23, 128–30, 208, 221
Dalai Lama, 404
Days of Our Lives (television show), 128
“Dedicated to the One I Love” (Shirelles), 409
Deer Lake training camp, 42, 82, 85, 89, 92–94, 96, 99–100, 170, 210, 226, 228–29, 348, 350, 356–57, 359, 360, 364, 405
Deng Xiaoping, 190–92
Derek, Bo, 133–34
Derek, John, 133–34
Detroit News (newspaper), 72, 136
Dibble, Eugene, 156
Doris (housekeeper), 300, 301
Dorothy Kirby Center, 109
Doug E. Fresh, 176
Douglas, Mike, 32–34, 251
Douglas, William O., 410
Dracula (movie), 49, 151, 401
Duvalle Junior High, 80
Eagles, 223–24
Eastwood, Clint, 14, 29, 32, 322, 403
Ebert, Roger, 231–32, 235
Ecker, Martin, 370
Egypt, 195–96
Elliot, Jack, 266–72, 273
Ellis, Jimmy, 100, 247
Evangelista, Alfredo, 104, 107, 187
Evangelista–Ali fight (1977), 104
Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, 372
Farhay, Mr. (cultural counselor to Iran), 262–63
Fast, Howard, 64
Fawcett, Farrah, 19
Fenway (Yorkshire terrier), 39
Fighter’s Heaven, 42, 93, 99–100, 143, 360, 363, 364, 375
fireplace ritual, 47–48
Flashdance (movie), 401
Fonda, Jane, 216
Ford, Gerald R., Jr., 65
visits to White House, 148
Foreman, George, 56, 58, 80, 137, 146, 162, 163, 239–49, 286, 358, 388, 396, 418
Foreman–Ali fight (1974), 40, 58, 80, 141, 239, 249
Foxx, Jamie, 229
Frankie (housekeeper), 299–300
Fray, Sarah, 320
Frazier, Joe, 32, 35, 144, 145, 146, 162, 239
Frazier–Ali fight (1975), 40, 144
Freedom Road (Fast), 64
Freedom Road (movie), 40, 62, 63–67, 119, 180, 227, 279
Fremont Place, Los Angeles, California, 11–14, 15, 17, 18, 25, 29–31, 41, 43–46, 52–53, 61, 64, 71, 108–9, 113, 115, 117–18, 123–30, 134–35, 143, 150–51, 165, 171–72, 180, 182, 191, 202–3, 216, 221–24, 231, 238, 273–76, 278, 288, 298, 307–8, 313–14, 332, 343, 348, 377, 382, 385, 387, 389, 394, 397, 401, 404, 406, 410–14, 423–27
Frey, Glen, 223–24
Funt, Allen, 279
Funt, Marilyn, 150, 279–95, 297, 394
Gaddafi, Muammar, 37
Gamble, Kenny, 222
Gaye, Nona, 150
General Hospital (television show), 128
George, Phyllis, 118
Gere, Richard, 117
Glassman, Frederick J., 298
Godfather, The (movie), 277
Going in Style (movie), 251
Golden Gloves tournament, 40, 324, 329, 352, 371
González, Gerardo (Kid Gavilan), 93, 364
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, The (movie), 403
Good Times (television series), 141
Graham, Billy, 242
Grand Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky, 312, 315, 328, 343, 421
Grant, Cary, 72
Grant, Johnny, 308
Greatest, The (movie), 40, 63, 106, 107, 178, 225, 358, 403
Greathouse, Edith, 320
Gregory, Dick, 156
Greyhound bus, 142
Griffin, Booker, 286
Grover, Wayne, 263, 265
Gunsmoke (television show), 322
Haley (governess), 386
Hamilton, George, 65
Harlan, John M., II, 410
Harper, Buzz, 180
Harvard University, 80, 180
Harvell, Patricia, 5, 87, 176
Hauser, Thomas, 21, 75, 153, 317
Hay, Louise, 314–15
Hearns, Tommy, 350, 353–54
Heart, The (speech), 83, 137
Heaven Can Wait (movie), 69
Henley, Don, 223–24
Heston, Charlton, 63
Hollywood Walk of Fame star, 307–8
Holmes, Larry, 44, 89, 114, 190, 347, 359, 361–62, 364, 392
Holmes–Ali fight (1980), 85, 94–95, 99, 361–62
“Hound Dog” (Presley), 226
Hussein bin Talal, King of Jordan, 148
Inayat Khan, Hazrat, 14
Intoxication of Life, The (speech), 83
Iran hostage crisis, 5, 17, 90, 190, 192, 196, 253, 261–65, 272–73
Israel, 193–96
Izenberg, Jerry, 93
Jackson, Marlon, 221–23
Jackson, Michael, 29, 32, 100, 177, 211, 214–17, 221
Jacksons, The, 222, 256
Janet (live-in caregiver), 107–8, 300–302
Jennifer (girlfriend), 207
Jet (magazine), 148, 151, 152, 155, 364
John Paul II, Pope, 79
Johnson, Jack, 93, 234, 364, 375
Jones, Tom, 29, 32, 100
José (neighbor’s housekeeper’s son), 215, 259
Joshua (crush), 207
Kennedy, Jayne, 157
Kennedy, Leon Isaac, 157
Kennedy, Ted, 256
Kephart Lane, Berrien Springs, Michigan, 402, 405, 410
Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, 38, 263–64
Khomeini, Ruhollah, Grand Ayatollah, 190, 192, 261, 262, 264, 273
killer bees prank, 231
Kilroy, Gene, 100, 228, 378, 392–93
King, Don, 92, 133
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 192, 273
Knievel, Robert C., Jr. (Evel), 89
Kristofferson, Casey, 71
Kristofferson, Kris, 29, 32, 64, 65–67, 71–72, 227
Kristofferson, Lisa, 71
Lauper, Cyndi, 177
Lee, Christopher, 49, 67, 151
Leifer, Neil, 396
Leonard, Sugar Ray, 133
“Let Peace Begin with Me” ceremony, 404
Lewis, Emmanuel, 216
Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, The (television show), 322
Lincoln, Abraham, 320
Lion King, The (movie), 106
Lipsyte, Robert, 366
Lister, Jerry, 18–20
Liston, Sonny, 40, 80, 93, 178–79, 324, 359, 364, 397
Liston–Ali fight (1965), 80
“Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot, The” (Carr, Connor and Leach), 326
Lomax, Charles, 16, 251–53, 262
Lone Ranger, The (movie), 401
Los Angeles Marathon, 373
Los Angeles Sentinel (newspaper), 151
Los Angeles Times (newspaper), 372
Lost Legacy of Muhammad Ali, The (Hauser), 75, 361
Louis, Joe, 87, 93, 157, 234, 322, 326, 351
Louisville, Kentucky, 34, 40, 65, 71, 77, 80, 82, 103, 104, 143, 175, 188, 314, 319–20, 325–28, 333, 335–43, 420
love letters, 23, 51–56, 161, 298, 308, 378–81, 383, 388, 414
Madonna, 177
magic tricks, 183–84, 210, 377
Manila, 144–47
Marciano, Rocky, 93
Marcos, Ferdinand, 145
Marge (executive secretary), 23, 29, 53, 85, 87, 118, 124, 372, 388
Marshall, Thurgood, 410
Martin, Joe, 311
Martin, Louis, 34
Mary Poppins (movie), 119
Mayo Clinic, 90, 393
McDonald’s restaurant, 404
McQueen, Steve, 63
Meg (governess), 115–18
Miami Dolphins, 56
Midnight Missy (horse), 382
Mike Douglas Show, The, 33
Mills, Billy, 158
“Mona Lisa” (Evans and Livingston), 326, 327, 335
Moore, Archie, 93
Mr. T., 29, 213–14
Muhammad, Elijah, 401
Muhammad, Jabir Herbert, 170, 252, 357
Muhammad, Wallace, 253, 401
Muhammad Ali (Hauser), 21, 153, 317
Muhammad Ali Amateur Sports, 349
Muhammad Ali Center, 65, 71
Muhammad Ali Day Proclamation, 40–41, 134
Muhammad Ali Professional Sports, 349, 355
Muslims, 16, 48, 63, 65, 69, 70, 104, 115, 117, 138–39, 146, 172, 191–92, 195, 200, 202, 242–46, 252–53, 255, 262, 272, 280, 285, 291, 320, 357, 377, 420
“My Way” (Sinatra), 336
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 64–65
National Enquirer (supermarket tabloid), 372
Nazareth College, 311
New Edition, 176
Newman, Paul, 19, 63, 226
Nixon, Richard M., 56
Norton, Ken, 80, 133, 239, 354, 359, 423
Norton, Kenisha, 423
nudity incident, 127–30
nursery-school teacher letters, 43
Obama, Barack H., 38, 39, 65, 419
O’Brian, Hugh, 322
O’Keefe, Ronnie, 326
O’Keefe–Ali fight (1954), 326
Olympic Games 1960 (Rome), 2, 5, 40, 352, 371, 378
One Life to Live (television show), 128
Owen, Jesse, 95
Oxford University, 80
Pahlavi, Mohammad Reza Shah, 261
Pale Rider (movie), 403
Parkinson’s disease, 38–39, 44, 91, 111, 191, 297, 360, 364, 369–74, 388, 393
Paso Robles ranch, 348, 356
Patterson, Pat, 142
People (magazine), 63–64, 64, 68, 69, 148
Phenner, Mike, 87–89, 356
pickles, 25, 80, 126, 164, 214, 426
Poitier, Sidney, 32
popsicles, 25–26, 48, 50, 64, 92, 97, 103, 107, 116, 119, 122, 171, 177–78, 214, 221, 423, 424, 426
Porche, Diane, 108–12, 135, 144, 200, 213, 274, 313
Porche, Ethel, 313–14
Porche, Horace, 202, 203, 313–14
Porche, Leonard, 142, 144, 313
Porche, Michelle, 108, 112, 144, 155, 213, 313
Porche, Steven, 119, 144, 313, 423
Porche, Tony, 119, 313
postcards, 98
Potter, Evelyn, 142, 155
Presidential Medal of Freedom, 5
Presley, Elvis, 100, 226–29, 403
Prince, 113, 176, 177, 218
Pryor, Aaron, 354
Pryor, Richard, 32, 141
Purple Rain (Prince), 113, 134
Purpose of Life, The (speech), 83
Quarry, Jerry, 247
Quran, 52, 78, 111, 245, 405, 420
Rahman, Ziaur, 228
Rawls, Lou, 72, 184
Reagan, Ronald W., 65, 297
Real Cause of Man’s Distress, The (speech), 83
Redford, Robert, 19
Return of Jesse James, The (movie), 156
Richardson, Connye, 206, 389
Richardson, Karen, 207–10, 211, 216, 308, 389
Richardson, Kelly, 209
Richardson, Kim, 207–10, 211, 216, 308, 389
Richie, Lionel, 29
Robinson, Sugar Ray, 93, 133, 324–25, 364
Rocky (movie), 232
Rocky II (movie), 231–32, 237
Rocky III (movie), 237–38
Roosevelt, Theodore, 364
Ross, Diana, 127, 231–32
Routledge, Russ, 61
“Rumble in the Jungle, The” (1974), 40, 58, 137, 239
Running with the Champ (Shanahan), 226
Russell, Dick, 63, 68
Russia, 77, 192
Ruth, George H. “Babe,” 95
Sadat, Anwar, 192
Salt-N-Pepa, 176
Samson (Doberman), 50, 217
Saturday Night Fever (movie), 67
Schilling, Jerry, 228
“School Days” (Berry), 409
Scott, Terry, 180–81
Scottsdale, Arizona, 38, 388, 396, 406, 417–19
Shabazz, Jeremiah, 272–73, 357
Shabazz, Lana, 100, 228, 350, 366
Shakespeare, William, 92, 358
Shakir, Zaid, 420
Shanahan, Helga, 165, 224
Shanahan, Tim, 69, 85, 165, 223–26, 265, 348, 355
Shavers, Earnie, 107
Sheba (Doberman), 50, 217
Shirelles, 409
Simms, Gertrude (babysitter), 103–7, 187
Simms, Reverend, 103–4
Sinatra, Frank, 100, 326, 335
Smith, Gary, 345
Smith, Harold, 170
Smith, Harold (Ross Fields), 347–56
Smith, Will, 150, 358
Soul of a Butterfly, The (Ali), 15, 403
South Africa, 193
Spinks, Leon, 56, 63, 77, 85, 359
Spinks, Michael, 354
Spinks–Ali fight (1978), 85
Sports Illustrated (magazine), 359
Stallone, Sylvester, 29, 232, 234–35, 237–38, 361
Star (magazine), 319, 369
Star Trek (television show), 119
Sterling (horse), 382
Stewart, Potter, 410
Stoner, Fred, 311
Sugar, Bert, 90
Sulaiman, José, 133
Super Bowl, 56
Sutton, Isaac, 155
Tammy (babysitter), 301
Terry, Ted, 206
“Thrilla in Manila” (1975), 40, 146
Thriller (Jackson), 214, 217
Time (magazine), 86, 192, 363
Tomorrow’s Champions (television show), 326
Tonight Show, The (television show), 106–7, 231
Travolta, John, 29, 32, 67–68, 71–72
“Truth” (poem), 342
Turner, Tina, 127
USA Today (newspaper), 133, 347
Value Tales (book set), 125
Vanderbilt, Gloria, 252
Viva Las Vegas (movie), 403
Walcott, Jersey Joe, 93
Walker, Jimmie, 141
Walters, Barbara, 86
Warhol, Andy, 100
Wayne, John, 63
Webster (television show), 216
wedding ceremonies (Muhammad Ali–Veronica Porche), 56, 139, 155–58, 392
Wells, Lloyd, 153
Wells Fargo Bank embezzlement scam, 354–55
Werner, Harlan J., 218
Wertheimer, Jacob, 180
“When Doves Cry” (Prince), 113, 134
When We Were Kings (documentary), 396
White, Byron, 410
White House, 33–34, 42, 65, 77, 192, 253, 256, 261, 370, 419
Williams, Marguerite, 148
Williams, Marilyn, 38
Wilson, Halley, 341
Wonder, Stevie, 204–6
Wonder Woman, 47, 103, 122, 128, 130
Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 59, 69, 89, 104, 143–44, 164–66, 180, 187, 224, 287, 348, 405
Woodward, Joanne, 226